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Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was one of many choirs to usher the spirit into the Scottrade Center as part of the Verizon Wireless 4th Annual How Sweet the Sound Choir Competition Monday night. Photo by Wiley Price
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Michael Marshall gave a gallery talk at Atrium Gallery on Saturday, September 17. New Studio Works: Michael Marshall Mono Prints + John Schwartzkopf Sculptures will be up at the gallery, 4728 McPherson Ave, through October 22.
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Michael Marshall Mono Prints will be up at the Atrium Gallery, 4728 McPherson Ave, through October 22.
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Alisa Owens Moore, DDS of It’s a Small World Children’s Dentistry in Atlanta was recently named as one of the Atlanta area’s top pedodontists.
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My cousin Bert Coleman, a retired Broadway actor and activist, received the Human Rights Campaign’ top honor, The Equality Award.
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Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD) greets Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and DNC Chair Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Dinner last Saturday night at the Washington Convention Center.
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St. Louis American publisher and executive editor Donald M. Suggs greets Florida congresswoman and Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and St. Louis American contributing editor Fred Sweets at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix awards dinner.
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Urban League president Marc Morial, Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay(D-MO), Ms. Risse Walden and Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) enjoying a light moment following the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards dinner where President Barack Obama spoke. Photo by Fred Sweets
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Redditt Hudson recently announced his candidacy for in the 13th District seat in the Missouri Senate being vacated by term-limited Tim Green. Hudson wrote the 2009 ACLU report on the St. Louis city jails, Suffering in Silence, and has been a community leader in the effort to reopen the Reginald Clemons case.
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Hundreds of postal service employees gathered in front of the Main Post Office Tuesday afternoon during a “Save America’s Post Offices” rally. The workers are in support of H.R.1351, legislation that addresses the financial crisis facing the Postal Service. This bill will allow the service to apply the billions of dollars in pension overpayments to meet it’s financial obligations.
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Cool Valley Elementary student author Taran Manuel hands a copy of his book Mark’s Addition: With no hope, there is no understanding to Fred Ellis, the school’s food service director. Manuel was recognized by Ferguson-Florissant school board members for the publication of his book
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President Barack Obama talks with Texas Gov. Rick Perry to express his concern for citizens of that state impacted by the unprecedented fires, during a phone call in the Oval Office, Sept. 7, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
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Melba and Nathaniel Sweets -
George Allen’s mother, Lonzetta Taylor, and Tom Block, the volunteer prison minister, who helped get Allen’s case to the project attorneys.
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Ricardo Rhodes -
Baltimore’s Ray Lewis knocks the ball loose from Carnell Williams #33 of the St. Louis Rams during Sunday’s game at the Edward Jones Dome
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Clark–Atlanta running back Jonathan Johnson (#24) is stopped by Arkansas-Pine Bluff linebacker Chukwaso Oputa (#50) during last Saturday’s St. Loui sGateway Classic football game at the Edward Jones Dome. Arkansas-Pine Bluff edged Clark 9-7 for its third consecutive victory of the season.
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Officials celebrate the arrival of the first flight of China Cargo Airlines at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis on September 23. The flights will return to China with Missouri made goods.
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Michelle R. Robinson -
Members of the Belleville/O’Fallon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. James Isaac, Kennard Tucker DeQuince Clay, 1st place scholarship awardee Jeffry Epps, Frederick Jones, Fred Kimbrough, Reginald Golliday and Les Thomas.